Airfix 1/48 Buccaneer re-release

well i have seen the box, not inside but the side of the box shows the options....same as before it seems.

cant say on quality, often hit or miss for register.

Thanks Julian - I am also wondering if the quality of the plastic is any better; original release had soft grainy plastic.

cant help on that. be nice to know if they cleaned it up. If i remember i will open one at the weekend.

My copies were all warped to hell as well, a big problem I found with Airfix around this time. I might get around to building a straight one.... Cheers, Bill.

all mine were perfectly straight................but i only had one

I dunno if it's a packing error, kind of hard to miss that, especially as there are both sets of instructions and both decal sheets. Can't tell you if they're the same options as before as mine are in the loft but I would guess so. You've got:

XT286 809NAS XV869 809NAS XV156 800NAS

and

XX900 208 Squadron XX889 Gulf markings (Sky Pirates/Longmorn) XW530 12 Squadron

if that helps :-)

I was told by the guy at Hannants that they're not taking them out of the mold so quickly and that the warping issue is much reduced. I've now got 3 old ones and 2 new ones. We shall see :-)